TREB (Toronto Real Estate Board) Average Single Family Historical Home Prices and trends for Toronto and Mississauga

March report - Sales Break 6,000 In Spite Of Winter Weather

The last month or so has been very eventful in the real estate marketplace. First of all, the Bank of Canada reduced the prime rate .5% last week. There has not been such a large drop since just after 911. Secondly, the weather in the GTA has been a major player in slowing down our market somewhat, only time will tell, and soon, if our market will surge as it has in the past 13 years in March/April. Lastly, the US real estate market and economy is reeling from the sub-prime crisis. We are about 5 months into a recession in the US and most are predicting another 8 to 16 months of this. How much this will affect our GTA real estate marketplace and the Canadian economy in general is not known, but so far we are holding our own and many suggest that we will not feel the effects of the US slowdown and our economy will be fine for the short and long term. I tend to agree.

March 5, 2008 -- While snow fell in almost record amounts, Toronto Real Estate Board Members recorded a respectable 6,015 sales during the month of February, TREB President Maureen O'Neill announced today.

"While sales were down over 2007 (11 per cent), they are in line with historical levels for the month, and they should increase substantially as the GTA eases into Spring."

Prices rose in February, with the average climbing to $382,048, up four per cent from the $367,687 recorded in February of last year. Days-on-Market stood at 30 days, and the list-to-sale price ratio was 99 per cent.

Activity within the City of Toronto generally matched that of the broader GTA. Sales moderated 14 per cent in the city to 2,310 from last year's figure of 2,697. Prices rose two per cent to $424,235.

GTA Resale Housing Down but Healthy

March 5, 2008 -- President Maureen O'Neill announced today, Toronto Real Estate Board Members recorded 6,015 resale home transactions last month, down 11 per cent in the Greater Toronto Area overall , 14 per cent in the City of Toronto and 9 per cent in the 905 suburbs compared to February 2007.

“To get an accurate perspective of current market conditions, a number of factors have to be considered,” said Ms. O’Neill. “With 18,018 properties available for sale, inventory has decreased seven per cent from last February."

“This indicates that despite moderate sales, there is not an over-supply of homes on the market. Generally, properties that are listed are selling fairly quickly and with a list to sale price ratio of 99 per cent, for the most part, sellers are realizing their asking price,” O’Neill added.

Despite the decrease in the number of sales from this time last year, there was positive news with respect to prices in February. At $382,048 in the Greater Toronto Area and $424,235 in the City of Toronto, the average price increased four and two per cent respectively compared to February 2007. As well, the time on market in February was 30 days compared to 35 days a year ago.

In Pickering (E13) sales rose 28 per cent overall compared to a year ago due to a strong increase in condo townhouse and condo-apartment transactions.

Strong condo-apartment sales also drove transactions in Rexdale (W10) to an overall increase of 18 per cent compared to February 2007.

Richmond Hill North (N05) experienced a 19 per cent sales increase compared to a year ago primarily as a result of strong detached home transactions.

“All economic indicators are in place for an active year in the GTA, and as the weather improves sales are expected to increase as well,” said Ms. O’Neill.

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Below is a Graph showing
TREB Historical Average Price Data

The graph below
shows a graph of sales price data obtained directly from the Toronto Real
Estate Board showing the average selling price of single family homes from
1985 to date in our GTA marketplace.

Note the historical
trends for spring and fall price increases, where spring typically has a larger
increase compared to the fall.

The benchmark
for changes in price is chosen to be the average price of homes at the last
height of the market, which was $273,698 in 1989.

If you want the
actual values of prices for every month going back to January 1995, I have
them, and would be pleased to E-mail them to you upon request.

Neighbourhood Corner - Mississauga - Each month The Toronto Real Estate Board profiles a neighbourhood and for January of 2006 TREB chose Mississauga!

Mississauga January 2008

There were 647 sales in Mississauga this January, a decline of three per cent over the first month of 2007. The average price came in at $339,655, a one per cent increase over the same time-frame last year. Of these sales, 196 were of detached homes which averaged $516,190, up eight per cent over January '07.

Mississauga 2006

Mississauga (MLS districts W12 to W20) had 608 sales in January, up seven per cent over the figure recorded in January of 2005. These sales averaged $305,464, a two per cent increase over last January. Breaking down the total, there were 201 sales of detached homes, which averaged $448,889; there were 171 sales of condominium apartments, and the average for these was $193,481.

Mississauga 2005

There were 569 sales in the Mississauga area during January, down 12 per cent from the figure recorded in January of 2004. The average price, however, rose seven per cent to $298,503. Breaking down the total, detached homes in Mississauga (203 sales) averaged about $418,655, while semis (121 sales) came in at $279,025.

Neighbourhood Corner January 2004 for Mississauga

The Mississauga area (W-12 through W-20) registered 645 sales in January, down 10 per cent from the 721 recorded during the same time-frame in 2003. However, the overall average in Mississauga came to $277,594, up seven percent over the $259,207 recorded in January of last year. Average days-on-market was 43, about the same as the Board-wide figure of 42.

Neighbourhood Corner Information - Mississauga (from January 2003)

In Mississauga (W-12 to W-20) the latter half of this year saw prices climb 10 per cent to $256,824 over the $233,151 recorded for the whole of 2001. Average Days-on-Market in Mississauga was 34, as compared to a city-wide average of 38 days.

Housing prices in selected areas of the GTA

Municipality

Standard Condo
Apt.

Standard Two Storey House

Standard Town House

Senior Executive House

Brampton

155,000

280,000

210,000

585,000

Burlington

181,000

275,000

181,000

490,000

Markham

260,000

358,000

245,000

465,000

Mississauga

185,000

290,000

206,500

490,000

Oakville

225,000

290,000

220,000

600,000

Richmond Hill

225,000

290,000

225,000

410,000

Toronto - Etobicoke
(Islington

Kingsway)

210,000

415,000

232,000

640,000

Toronto - Leaside

250,000

645,000

350,000

950,000

Source: Survey of Canadian House Prices, Fourth Quarter 2004 Prices as of
Oct.-Dec. 2004 (CDN $)